Thanks for all the advice. Much appreciated. I booked this using aviana/taca award and was reluctant to speak to their cust svc agent given their reputation but i guess i will change it tonight. One more question, I noticed on my e-ticket it puts sq as departing from SFO international terminal 3. I thought that there was a terminal 1 to 3 and an international airport. Is terminal 3 solely for domestic or does it serve Intl too?

Once again thanks all for taking the time to advice me.

Cheers. Will update the final outcome. :-)